Amazing small outdoor spaces

Cute 40m2 apartment with lots of light

Lovely 1 bedroom apartment in the South of France with a separate kitchen and living room, all opening straight unto the long balcony where you can enjoy the sun most of the day. The apartment, due to its location and the many windows, is extremely bright and airy despite of its small space (40m2).

 

 

"Unfolding Apartment" Turns Studio Into Four Rooms

Manhattan. This Upper West Side 450 square feet studio was designed to fit all the essentials and even a few extras. The place includes: living room, kitchen (with plentiful counter space), bar area, home office, sofa bed, extra bed for guests, closet, even library. A large blue custom-made cabinet allows the transformation to happen. 

Via Shoeboxdwelling

A small apartment transformable in 24 rooms

 

Via home-designing

1 bedroom apartment of 31m2

Along the French Riviera there is a big diversity of properties going from extremely large mansion to lots of small studio's and one bedroom apartments, such as this one, only 31m2 (333 sq ft) and can sleep up to 4 people. This property shows that not only big places can be nicely decorated and lovely to live in or to spend your holidays in. The few rooms the apartment has are decorated in the same spirit which creates a more homogenous idea. As there is no direct sunlight in the apartment they have chosen for a nice, light but brown colour to brighten up the place and to bring warmth in each room.

+ info on holidayfrenchriviera.com

ILLICO the new 'tatami' bed

It reminds me of Japanese interiors where people bring out their blankets in the evening to sleep on the tatami. ILLICO, is an authentic ready-to-use "pop-up" style product, like a many-layer mille feuille French pastry or a Russian puppet: a back-up bed comprised of a floor mat, a mattress, a pillow, a quit, bed sheets, a kimono and a pair of slippers, all this hidden in a smart surprise cushion. This whole packet is easy to store and brilliant for small spaces, for yourself or when having people over for a sleepover.

+ info on Pyrenex Literie

Studio/duplex of 19m2

This was originally a studio of just 12m2 (129 sq ft) in the centre of Paris. But luckily due to the high ceilings it was possible to put in a 'mezzanine' to enlarge the surface up to 19m2 (204 sq ft). And as you can see, very small but everything is present.

+ info on cotemaison.fr

40m2 for 4 people

This 40m2 (430 sq ft) apartment in Paris has been completely been redesigned so that 2 adults and 2 children can easily live together and put away all their belongings without cluttering the place. The architect Jessica Label had been asked to reorganise the spaces and to make sure they were multifunctional in order not to miss out on certain activities.

+ info  on Jessica Label
+ info at cotemaison.fr

Fold-away dining-kitchen

This would definitely be one of the solutions for a small apartment where kitchen and dining area are integrated and can be 'stored away' when not needed to create more space and to give a clean impression.  

This fold-away kitchen-table-and-dining-room combination designed by Melanie Olle and Ilja Oelschlägel is a brilliant blend of formal simplicity and ingenious engineering. This new interpretation of a kitchen buffet is called  'Oma's Rache' with its height of 2.48m, depth of 0.67 m and width of 2m, can be easily build in and serve as a proper wall.

Pocket wall by Maja Ganszyniec

Maja Ganszyniec designed a smart wall where one could storage lots of small items. Ideal for a small spaces.